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WIRE TWISTER. No. 270,494. Patented Jan.9, 1883.

Uniti-3D STATES PATENT trice.

AXEL L. SJLINDER AND EMANUEL LARSON, OF SOUTH -PUEBLO, COLO.

WIREf-TWISTR.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,494, dated January9, 1883.

Application eieti April es, 1882. (Monti.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AXEL L. SJLINDER and EMANUEL LARsoN, both of SouthPueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of' Colorado, have invented anew and Improved Wire- Twister, of which the following` is a full,clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in wire-twisters; and it consistsin the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinaftermore fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of'this specificatiomiii which similar letters of' reference indicatecorrespondingparts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of' the said improved wire-twister,taken on the line ww of Fig. 2. Fig.2 isa plan view, partly broken away.Fig. 3 is a section of twister on line x x of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a planview ot' the sliding plate, and Fig. 5 is a detail view.

A represents a base-plate having a concave channel, B, along one edge,inclosed about three quarters ot' its circumference by lips O D.

E E are jaws sliding` on the base-plate A for gripping.,r the wire Fagainst the shoulders G, said jaws being connected to the sliding plateH, fitted in a slot of' the base-plate Aaud connected to eibow I ot' thelever-latch J, forming part of the handle K, said lever-latch beingpivoted to the fixed part of handle K at L, and having a spring, M,applied to it in the cavities of' J and K, and *adjusted for slidingjaws E open.

N is a radially and longitudinally slotted cylindrical twister-,locatedin the channel B, about midway between jaws E, to receive the wires F,as showii,and twist them together by being revolved by the hand-crank Oand bevelwheels P and Q, the driviiig-wheel P being mounted on astud-pin, S, substantially fixed to a boss, T, of the base-plate, saidboss being mainly represented by dotted lines iii Figs. l and 2 but ispartly seen in full lines through the-slot V ot wheel Q, said slot beingto permit the wires F being entered into and issued out of' slot W of'twister N. The wheel Q is mounted on the twister, so as to turn it,either being keyed on or made together with it, the boss T and a cap, X,overhanging the lips O of the channel B to serve for caps to confine theends of the twister in its bearings; but

said caps stop sufliciently short of the lip D to leave space for theinsertion and removal of the wires to be twisted. The slot W ofthetwister and U ot' wheel Q are widened a little midway between theeiidsof the twister to increase the breadth and suiiciently the widthot' the loops oot two wires linked and twisted together, which, whentwisted, might otherwise bind in the twister and preventready delivery.The wires are prevented f'roin slipping iii ilie slot ot' the twisterand failing to turn with the twister by the loops of wire being a littlewider nearwhere the two loops are connected together than the slot is,and resting obliquely therein. The slide H is arranged with respect towheel Q so thatits bit Y will enter a notch between the teeth of' saidwheel, when springM throws latch J back and locks the wheel and holdsthe notches V and W in the position ior'discharging the twisted wire outof the jaws and the channel B. The base A is constructed in two partsthat are fastened together by screws Z. to enable the sliding plate H tobe applied in the space between said parts, also to enable the twister Nto be applied between the bottom of' channel B and the caps X and T, b vwhich it is kept in position. The channel B is deepened at B to makeroom t'or the wheel Q.

Havingthusf'ulydescribedourinvention,we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. vThe base-plate A, having handle K,shoulders G. and channel B, and the sliding plate H, having lever-latchJ and jaws E, combined and arranged substantially as described.

2. The combination of base A, sliding plate H, bit Y, wheels P and Q,the jaws E G, and the twister N, substantially as described. l

3. lu combination wit-h twister N, the baseplate constructed in twopai-ts, the lower or bottom part having the channel B, and the npperpart having shoulders G, caps -T X, and

handle K, said parts being bolted together with the plate H fixedadjustably between them, and provided with the shoulder E, substantiallyas described.

AXEL LARSON SJLINDER. EMANUEL LARSUN. Witnesses:

` H. U. BANKs,

W. F. TowNsEND.

